• 26Apr
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The Hoods to Woods Foundation is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization that promotes awareness of the outdoors to inner city children ages 13 – 19 through year-round activities such as snowboarding, indoor rock climbing, camping, hiking and more! Using environmental awareness, writing and the use of new media tools that allow youth to document their outdoor experience, the program is designed to build confidence and facilitate individual discovery.

Hoods to Woods was founded by Brian Paupaw, an avid Snowboarder who documented his journeys from the inner-city streets of Bedford-Stuyvesant Brooklyn to the deep-powder backcountry of North and South America. Through Brian’s self-told story, we experience how the culture of snowboarding transformed a life once stifled by the social constraints of the streets, into one that’s only bound by the edge of a mountain.

It’s this passion for the sport and Brian’s connection to his community that influenced the formation of Hoods to Woods—shouldn’t everyone have access to life-changing experiences?

See More on Deka and his kids @ http://hoodstowoods.com – Where you can support and/or become a participating member…